Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-09-24Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:47:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rossetti_kv_me_jabo.pdf: 442836 bytes, checksum: 538eb28db04594c58dca89aad0f36756 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O manejo inadequado do solo tem causado degradação da qualidade física, com consequente redução de produtividade das culturas e aumento da erosão. Nesse sentido, este trabalho teve por objetivo analisar os efeitos de diferentes preparos na qualidade física de um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico argiloso, em Jaboticabal, Estado de São Paulo. Para isso, foram avaliados dois anos agrícolas por meio do delineamento inteiramente casualizado e em parcelas subdivididas, com cinco tratamentos principais em cada safra, os quais em 2008/09 as áreas foram cultivadas com soja, onde foram avaliados: sistema plantio direto por 5 anos (SPD5), sistema plantio direto por 7 anos (SPD7), sistema plantio direto por 9 anos (SPD9), sistema de preparo convencional (SPC) e uma área adjacente de mata nativa (MN). Em 2009/10 as áreas foram cultivadas com milho, onde foram avaliados: sistema plantio direto por 6 anos (SPD6), sistema plantio direto por 8 anos (SPD8), sistema plantio direto por 10 anos (SPD10), sistema de preparo convencional (SPC) e uma área adjacente de mata nativa (MN). A qualidade física do solo foi avaliada por meio da estabilidade agregados, densidade do solo, porosidade total, macroporosidade, microporosidade, resistência do solo à penetração, densidade relativa, condutividade hidraúlica saturada, curva de retenção de água e índice S e foram avaliados também a granulometria do solo, o índice de estratificação de carbono e as características agronômicas de cada cultura nos quatro tratamentos secundários: 0-0,05; 0,05-0,10; 0,10-0,20 e 0,20-0,30 m. Em relação ao ano agrícola de 2008/09 concluiu-se, que a qualidade física do solo sob preparo convencional de acordo com o índice S foi superior à do solo sob o sistema plantio direto e também, que o sistema plantio direto de 7 anos teve maior produtividade e mostrou diferença significativa com o sistema... / Improper management of land has caused degradation of soil physical quality, with consequent reduction in crop productivity and increased soil erosion. In this sense, the aim of this work to analyze the effects of different preparations on the physical quality of an Typic Haplustox clay texture in Jaboticabal, São Paulo State. For this, we assessed two years in farming through the randomized design and split plot with five treatments in each main crop, with in 2008/09 the areas were planted with soybeans, which were evaluated: no-tillage system for 5 years (SPD5); no-tillage system for 7 years (SPD7); no-tillage system for 9 years (SPD9); conventional tillage (CT) and native forest (NF). In 2008/09 the areas were planted with corn, were evaluated: notillage system for 6 years (SPD6); no-tillage system for 8 years (SPD8); no-tillage system for 10 years (SPD10); conventional tillage (CT) and native forest (NF). The soil physical quality was evaluated through stability of aggregates, soil bulk density, total porosity, macroporosity, microporosity, resistance to the penetration, relative density, hydraulic conductivity and index S, and were also evaluated and soil particle size, the rate of carbon stratification and agronomic traits of each culture in the four secondary treatments: 0-0.05; 0.05-0.10; 0,10-0.20 and 0.20-0.30 m. Regarding the agricultural year 2008/09 it was concluded that the physical quality of soils under conventional tillage according to the index S was higher in soil under no tillage and also that the tillage of 7 years had higher productivity and a significant difference with the conventional system. Regarding the agricultural year 2009/10 it was concluded that the conventional tillage had a lower average productivity and differed statistically only tillage system ten years, but there was no water deficit nor values of resistance were impeding the penetration during... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Resumo: Tem crescido o interesse em se avaliar a qualidade do solo nos diferentes manejos dentro do sistema plantio direto, bem como a sua evolução, em função de um aumento de densidade do solo e de resistência mecânica à penetração e redução da macroporosidade devido às pressões provocadas pelas rodas das máquinas e pelo pisoteio animal. Nesse sentido, este trabalho teve por objetivo (i) analisar os efeitos de diferentes manejos na qualidade física e química de dois Latossolos Vermelhos do Estado de São Paulo, (ii) avaliar a qualidade física do solo por meio do índice S e (iii) verificar a influência da condição edafoclimática na discriminação dos diferentes manejos do solo. Para isso, foram avaliadas duas áreas cultivadas com soja na safra 2005/06, uma em Latossolo Vermelho Acriférrico típico (LVwf) de Guaíra (SP), onde foram avaliados: PD12 - SPD irrigado há 12 anos; PD5 - SPD há 5 anos; PD5I - SPD há 5 anos, com 2 anos de integração lavoura-pecuária; PC - preparo convencional e MN - mata natural, e outra em Latossolo Vermelho Eutroférrico típico (LVef) de Pedrinhas Paulista (SP), onde foram avaliados: PD15 - SPD há 15 anos; PD8 - SPD há 8 anos; PD8S - SPD há 8 anos, com sucessão de culturas; PC - preparo convencional e MN - mata natural. A qualidade física dos solos foi avaliada por meio da estabilidade de agregados, densidade, porosidade total, macroporosidade, microporosidade, resistência à penetração, densidade relativa, condutividade hidráulica e índice S, e a qualidade química por meio de análises de rotina para fins de fertilidade do solo, nas camadas de 0-10,0, 0,10-0,20 e 0,20-0,30 m. Para atingir o objetivo (iii), foi utilizada a estatística multivariada, com análises de agrupamento hierárquico, não hierárquico e de componentes principais. Nos dois solos, o cultivo promoveu redução na qualidade física... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: It has grown the interest in evaluating the soil quality in the different management on no-till system, as well as its evolution, in function of an increase of soil bulk density and resistance to penetration and reduction of the macroporosity due to the pressures caused by machine wheels and the animal trampling. In this sense, the aim of this work were (i) to analyze the effect of different soil managements in the physical and chemical quality of two Oxisols from State of São Paulo, (ii) to evaluate the soil physical quality through index S and (iii) to verify the influence of soil type and climatic condition in the discrimination of the different soil managements. For this, two field areas in 2005/06 had been evaluated, one in an Anionic Acrustox (LVwf) from Guaíra, State of São Paulo, where they were evaluated: PD12 - 12 years old irrigated no-till system; PD5 - 5 years old no-till system; PD5I - 5 years old no-till system, with 2 years of croppasture rotation; PC - conventional till and MN - natural forest, and another one in an Eutrudox (LVef) from Pedrinhas Paulista (SP), where they were evaluated: PD15 - 15 years no-till system; PD8 - 8 years no-till system; PD8S - 8 years no-till system without crop rotation; PC - conventional till and MN - natural forest. The soil physical quality was evaluated through the stability of aggregates, soil bulk density, total porosity, macroporosity, microporosity, resistance to the penetration, relative density, hydraulic conductivity and index S, and the soil chemical quality through the data of routine analyses for the soil fertility test, in the layers of 0-0.10, 0.10-0.20 and 0.20-0.30 m. To reach the objective (iii), the multivaried statistics was used, with hierarchical clustering method, k-means method and principal components analysis. The results showed that in both soil types, the soil use by agriculture promoted... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Orientador: José Frederico Centurion / Coorientador: Onã da Silva Freddi / Banca: Isabella Clerici de Maria / Banca: Aildson Pereira Duarte / Banca: Itamar Andrioli / Banca: Edson Lazarini / Doutor

Orientador: José Eduardo Corá / Banca: Maria Helena Moraes / Banca: Adolpho Valente Marcelo / Banca: Carolina Fernandes / Banca: Edson Luiz Mendes Coutinho / Resumo: A cinza de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar, gerada pela queima do bagaço da cana-de-açúcar para produção de energia elétrica no setor sucroenergético, vem sendo aplicada ao solo sem critério técnico/científico. Desta forma, o objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da aplicação de cinza de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar, quando incorporada ao solo ou quando aplicada em superfície, nos atributos físicos e químicos de um Argissolo Vermelho, no crescimento das laranjeiras, na produção de frutas e na qualidade do suco, dois, três e quatro anos após a aplicação do resíduo no solo. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos ao acaso, com cinco tratamentos e cinco repetições. As doses de cinza foram 0, 5, 10, 20 e 40 t ha-1 (base seca). Concluiu-se que a cinza de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar, até a dose de 40 t ha-1, pode ser distribuída em solos agrícolas, sendo esta, portanto, uma alternativa para o emprego deste resíduo, sem que o solo seja degradado física e quimicamente, e sem causar prejuízos ao desenvolvimento das laranjeiras, produção e qualidade do suco. / Abstract: The ash generated by burning the sugarcane bagasse for electricity production on the sugar and ethanol industry, is being applied to the soil without technical/scientific criteria. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of application of sugarcane bagasse ash on soil physical and chemical attributes and on orange trees growth, and fruit and juice quality. The experimental design was randomized blocks, with five treatments and five replications. The ash doses were 0, 5, 10, 20 and 40 t ha-1 (dry basis). The results showed that application of sugarcane bagasse ash to the soil up to 40 ton ha-1 did not affect soil or plant attributes, being an alternative use of this residue on agricultural soils / Doutor

Orientador: Luis Malcolm Mano de Mello / Banca: Sergio Hugo Benez / Banca: Carlos Sérgio Tiritan / Resumo: O dinâmico desenvolvimento do agronegócio conduz à adoção de práticas sustenváveis e viáveis, pois somente assim ele pode ser competitivo. A região dos cerrados brasileiro, com milhões de hectares de pastagens degradadas, representa uma das principais áreas permissíveis para expansão da agricultura moderna. Para isso, técnicas já existentes, devem ser ajustadas às condições atuais, visando elevar a pecuária a recordes de produtividade e competitividade como os já alcançados pela agricultura. Hoje, a integração agricultura pecuária fornece condições para que se possa potencializar ao máximo o uso de áreas já em exploração. Por ser uma prática recente e pouco estudada, se faz necessário conhecer as diferentes maneiras de realizá-la, assim como os resultados de tais práticas. Portanto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi o de avaliar a viabilidade de implantação da cultura do milho sobre uma pastagem degradada, submetida a três condicionamentos físicos do solo e três manejos da biomassa de Brachiaria brizantha. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido na Fazenda de Ensino e Pesquisa da Faculdade de Engenharia - UNESP - Campus de Ilha Solteira, localizada no município de Selvíria - MS, em um solo, classificado como Latossolo Vermelho Distroférrico típico muito argiloso. Em uma área de pastagem de Brachiaria brizantha com mais de 10 anos, após a distribuição de calcário a lanço, foram realizados os tratamentos de condicionamentos físicos do solo, em Fevereiro de 2003: PC - Preparo Convencional, com uma gradagem pesada e uma gradagem niveladora; CM - Cultivo Mínimo, com escarificador; e SM - Sem Mobilização do Solo, calcário na superfície do solo, sem incorporação. O pasto foi então vedado até o inicio do mês de Julho, quando foram realizados os tratamentos de manejos da biomassa da braquiária: Pastejo - a forragem foi pastejada por animais... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo). / Abstract: The dynamic development from the agribusiness chain leads us to the adoption of sustainable and viable practices, because only this way we will become competitive. The Brazilian cerrados'areas, with its millions of hectares degradated pasture; represent one of the main permitted area for the modern agriculture expansion. For this to happen we may adjust existing techniques, aiming to elevate cattle raising activity to places where the agriculture already is. Today, only agriculture-pasture integration gives conditions so we may maximize the use of areas already in use. For being a new practice, so far no well studied, we need to know different ways to realize it, as well as the results of such practices. The present work was developed on the Research and Teaching Farm from UNESP - Ilha Solteira, situated at Selvíria, MS. The soil was classified as a Red Latossol. In an over than 10 years pasture, there were realized two soil tillage in February of 2003: Minimum and Conventional tillage, and without till (witness), which were done to incorporate the limestone spread on the whole area prior to the tillage. After the tillage, the pasture was fenced in for animals, up to June, when the Brachiara brizantha management was done: hay production simulation, animal grazing and witness. The area was fenced again, being dried up for corn's zero tillage in the first week of December. The higher yields were gained in the treatments where the soil was prepared, 3,589 e 3,684 kg.ha-1 for minimum and conventional tillage respectively, also for the weight of seeds. The dry matter production was higher in the area where the brachiaria was not managed (witness), yet it was also for this treatment the lowest grain yield. There were no significant differences for the soil physical attributes, after the animal feeding, in the layer from... (Complete abstract, click electronic address below). / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2004-07-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:59:26Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 kitamura_ae_me_ilha.pdf: 2042410 bytes, checksum: 4aa141418d1268c6856d0ede3f60bf61 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / O conhecimento dos atributos do solo, principalmente aqueles relacionados com sua distribuição granulométrica, tem grande influência na produtividade vegetal. No ano agrícola de 2002/2003 foram analisados atributos da planta e do solo: produtividade de grãos do feijoeiro (PG), produtividade de palha (PP), teor de argila (ARG), de silte (SIL) e de areia (ARE) de um Latossolo Vermelho Distroférrico sob plantio direto, do Campus Experimental da Faculdade de Engenharia/UNESP (Ilha Solteira/SP - Brasil: latitude 20°18 S; longitude 52°39 W). O objetivo foi analisar a variabilidade dos atributos pesquisados, de forma a caracterizar suas dependências espaciais, e as correlações, linear e espacial, entre eles. Foi instalada uma malha experimental para a coleta dos dados estabelecida com espaçamento de 10 x 10 m, contendo 135 pontos amostrais distribuídos numa área de 8000 m2. A variabilidade dos dados foi baixa para a ARG, média para o SIL e ARE, e alta para a PP e PG. A maioria apresentou moderada dependência espacial, com alcances entre 19,8 m (SIL) e 103,1 m (ARE), e de 29,8 m para a PG. Foi observada uma evidente correlação espacial entre todos os que apresentaram, dois a dois, os maiores coeficientes de correlação. Entretanto, entre aqueles que apresentaram os menores, os dados sugeriram, em alguns casos, haver uma moderada correlação espacial. / The knowledge of the soil attributes, mainly those related with its particle-size diameter, has great influence on the vegetal productivity. In the agricultural year of 2002/2003 attributes of the plant and soil had been analyzed: grain productivity of common bean (GP), straw productivity (SP), clay content (CL), silt (SI) and of sand (SA) of a Red Latosol under no-tillage, pertainning to Experimental Station of Faculdade de Engenharia/UNESP (Ilha Solteira/SP - Brazil: 20º18' Latitude S; 52º39' Longitude W). The objective was to analyze the variability of the researched attributes to characterize its spatial dependences. Also, to study the correlations, linear and spatial, between them. An experimental grid for the collection of the data was installed, established with distance of 10 x 10 m, contends 135 points shows in an area of 8000 m2. The data variability was low for the CL, medium for the SI and SA, and high for SP and GP. The majority then presented moderate spatial dependence, with ranges between 19.8 m (SI) and 103.1 m (SA), and of 29.8 m for the GP. An evident spatial correlation was observed between all the ones that had presented, two to two, the biggest correlation coefficients. However, between the ones minors, the data had suggested, in some cases, to have an moderate spatial correlation.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - André Luiz Rodrigues da Silveira - 2016.pdf: 3054217 bytes, checksum: 3ba9cdaa2990e6ffc42885570c8796db (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The current situation requires actions to promote development with minimal negative impact on the environment. Agriculture is a sector of the economy that directly interacts with and depends on the natural ecosystem, requiring energy and natural resources. In this respect there is a negative balance for the environment: the intense emission GHG, the soil resource is grately degraded and natural forests are diminished. Investment has to be made in technologies that contribute to stop this process. The recently promoted integrated Crop-Livestock-Forest production systems (iCLFs), in addition to their other desirable socio-economic impacts, are expected to favor the accumulation of soil organic matter and the recovery of degraded areas, a contributing factor to avoid deforestation for opening new areas for agriculture. We present two studies investigating the effect of an iCLF three years after its implementation upon degraded pasture (DP), in southern Goiás State of Brazil, in the savannah ecosystem (Cerrado) that was carried out in colaboration with the Boa Vereda Farm near the city of Cachoeira Dourada, where the iCLF and the reference management systems, conventional pasture (CP) and an recovered pasture (RP) were implemented. In the first study the effect of the implementation of the iCLF, upon DP was investigated on the total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) accumulation in the soil. For that, besides TOC and N concentrations, soil texture, bulk density (Ds) and δ¹³C were evaluated to validate the comparability of the investigated areas under the different management systems on the stock of TOC and N. The soil samples were collected to 1.0 m depth in eight layers following a transect of five sampling points (repetitions). In the iCLF each sampling point had six soil profiles placed in different positions to represent situations according to the presence or not of trees and transition zones between trees and pasture. In the second study the samples were collected in the previous sampling scheme. The samples were collected down to 0.4m in 5 layers to evaluate the physical quality of the soil: bulk density (Ds), microporosity (Mi), macroporosity (Ma), total porosity (Pt), resistance to penetration (RP). The results of the first study showed that the management used during the implementation of iLPF, which included soil tillage with disc plowing, influenced negatively the stock of C and N in the 0-0.3m layer. Another factor that likely influenced the input of C and N in the soil was the low productivityof the pasture, result of the shading by the eucalyptus trees (Eucalyptus urograndis) on the brachiária grass (Urochloa brizantha). Considering the layer of 0.0 - 1.0 m, the management did not influence the stock of TOC and N in the soil. In the second study the results showed the formation of four groups on the basis of soil physical quality, and within the iLPF there was the formation of two groups that were distinguished by the presence or absence of trees. The presence of the trees in the iCLF created variation of the RP and Pt in relation to the pasture of the iCLF. This may be related to the increase in the volume of roots and more frequent trampling by the animals under the trees causing a reduction in the pore space and consequently greater RP. A complete cycle of the iCLF system usually ends with the cutting and replanting of trees after 5-7 years, depending on the purpose of the production. Therefore, further studies are necessary to evaluate the potential of the iCLF to accumulate TOC and N in the soil and their impact on its physical quality at the end of its cycle and eventually, after several cycles of the system. / A conjuntura ambiental atual requer ações no sentido de promover o desenvolvimento com o menor impacto negativo possível ao meio ambiente. A agricultura é o setor da economia que mais interage e depende do ecossistema, demandando energia e recursos naturais. Nesta relação há um balanço negativo para o meio ambiente: a emissão de gases de efeito estufa (GEE) intensa, o recurso solo é degradado e as florestas naturais são ceifadas. É preciso investir em tecnologias que envolvam ações para estancar este processo. Do sistema de integração Lavoura-Pecuária-Floresta (iLPF) espera-se, além dos seus outros impactos sócioeconômicos desejáveis, que favoreça a acumulação da matéria orgânica do solo e a recuperação de áreas degradadas, contribuindo para evitar o desmatamento para abertura de novas áreas para a agropecuária. Neste trabalho apresentam-se dois estudos, envolvendo iLPF três anos após a sua implantação em pastagem degradada, no Cerrado goiano na fazenda Boa Vereda no município de Cachoeira Dourada. O primeiro estudo trata do acúmulo de carbono (C) e nitrogênio (N) e sua origem em comparação com duas formas de manejo, a pastagem convencional (PC) e a pastagem recuperada (PR). As amostras foram coletadas em perfis de solo de 1,0 m de profundidade em oito camadas (0-1,0m) em um transecto com cinco repetições em cada área. Foram avaliadas textura, densidade do solo (Ds) e δ¹³C para validar a comparabilidade das áreas quanto ao estoque de C e N totais. No segundo estudo foram coletadas, no mesmo esquema amostral anterior, quatro amostras por perfil até 0,5m para os seguintes atributos: densidade do solo (Ds), microporosidade (Mi), macroporosidade (Ma), porosidade total (PT), resistência a penetração (RP) e matéria orgânica do solo (MOS). Os resultados do primeiro estudo demonstraram que o manejo empregado na implantação do iLPF, que incluiu o revolvimento do solo com aração, influenciou negativamente no estoque de C e N na camada de 0-0,3m. Outro fator que influenciou a entrada de C e N para o solo foi a baixa produtividade da pastagem, consequência do sombreamento das árvores de eucalipto (Eucalyptus) sobre o braquiária (Brachiaria brizantha). Considerando a camada de 0,0 – 1,0m o manejo não influenciou o estoque de C e N no solo. No segundo estudo o dendograma resultante da análise de agrupamento indicou a formação de quatro grupo sem base da qualidade física do solo, sendo que no iLPF houve a formação de dois grupos que se distinguiram pela presença ou não de árvores. Os valores dos atributos físicos estudados no iLPF indicaram uma contribuição das árvores para a variação da RP e Pt em relação a pastagem do iLPF. Este fato pode estar ligado ao aumento no volume de raízes e ao mais frequente pisoteio dos animais nesta região do iLPF causando uma diminuição do espaço poroso e uma maior resistência a penetração. Um ciclo completo de um sistema iLPF geralmente termina com o desbaste e replantio das árvores após 5 a 7 anos, dependendo da finalidade da produção. Portanto, evidenciou-se a necessidade de no futuro complementar os presentes estudos com a avaliação da capacidade do iLPF para acumular C e N no solo e seu impacto na qualidade física do solo ao final do seu ciclo e, eventualmente, após vários ciclos do sistema.

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito de atributos físicos e químicos do solo na qualidade da madeira, estabelecendo correlações com as variáveis do processo de polpação celulósica. Para tanto, foram selecionadas cinco áreas no planalto ocidental do Estado de São Paulo, plantadas com um mesmo clone de Eucalyptus grandis Hill Ex Maiden (Coff´s Harbour), com idades variando entre 6,5 e 7,0 anos de idade, pertencentes à Suzano Papel e Celulose. Foram coletadas amostras de solo deformadas para fins de análises físicas e químicas. Amostras não deformadas foram utilizadas para análises físico-hídricas. Em cada uma das cinco áreas, foram demarcadas, aleatoriamente, 3 parcelas com 100 plantas cada. Em cada parcela, foram medidos os diâmetros à altura de 1,3 m (DAP) e a altura de todas as árvores. Os dados foram classificados em quatro classes de DAP e obtidos os DAPs médios de cada classe. Foi coletada uma árvore de cada classe e de cada parcela, mensuradas e estimadas as massas de lenho, casca, folha e galhos. Os troncos de cada árvore foram picados, individualmente, em picador industrial. Uma amostra dos cavacos foi utilizada para a análise de extrativos e componentes da madeira, de acordo com os métodos estabelecidos pela TAPPI e ABTCP. As condições de polpação foram estabelecidas, fixando-se o número kappa em 17 ± 0,5, a temperatura de cozimento em 165 °C, o tempo de elevação da temperatura em 90 minutos, o tempo à máxima temperatura em 60 minutos e a sulfidez do licor de cozimento em 24%. A carga de álcali foi variável e necessária para se atingir o número kappa desejado. Buscou-se descrever as relações entre os atributos do solo, a produtividade e a qualidade da madeira. Os resultados mostraram que os atributos físicos do solo, sobretudo o teor de argila, diretamente relacionado à quantidade de água disponível, foram os que mais afetaram a produtividade e a qualidade da madeira. A densidade básica da madeira não se alterou nas diferentes classes de solo. Por outro lado, aumentou exponencialmente com o volume das árvores, independentemente do solo em que cresceram. O teor de lignina total diminuiu e o de holocelulose aumentou exponencialmente, com o aumento do teor de argila do solo (até cerca de 35 a 40% de argila). O teor de extrativos não foi afetado pelos atributos do solo. Atribuiu-se à compensação entre o aumento do teor de holocelulose e a diminuição do teor de lignina total a não-variação da densidade básica da madeira nos diferentes solos. O rendimento de celulose depurada relacionou-se exponencialmente com o teor de argila do solo. No solo com textura muito argilosa (LVd2), o rendimento foi 6% maior do que no solo de textura arenosa (RQ). / The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of soil physical and chemical attributes on timber quality, and to establish correlations with cellulose pulping process variables. To achieve this, five areas were selected at the Western Plateau of the State of São Paulo, planted with the same Eucalyptus grandis Hill Ex Maiden (Coff´s Harbour) clone, with ages ranging between 6.5 and 7.0 years, owned by Cia. Suzano Papel e Celulose. Deformed soil samples were collected for physical and chemical analysis purposes. Non-deformed samples were used in the physical and moisture analyses. Three plots containing 100 plants each were demarcated at random in each of the five areas. The diameters at a 1.3 m height (DBH) and heights of all trees were measured for each plot. The data were classified into four DBH classes and the mean DAP values for each class were obtained. One tree was collected from each class and each plot, and its wood, bark, leaf, and branch masses were measured and estimated. The trunks of each tree were individually chopped in a tree chopper. A sample from the chips was used in the analysis of wood extractives and components, according to methods established by TAPPI and ABTCP. The pulping conditions were established by fixing the Kappa number at 17 ± 0.5, cooking temperature at 165 °C, temperature ramp time at 90 minutes, time at maximum temperature at 60 minutes, and cooking liquor sulfidity at 24%. The alkali load was variable and adjusted as needed to reach the desired Kappa number. We sought to describe the relations between soil attributes and wood productivity and quality. The results showed that the soil physical attributes, especially clay content, which is directly related to the amount of available water, affected wood productivity and quality the most. Basic wood density did not change for different soil classes. On the other hand, it increased exponentially with tree volume, regardless of the soil where they were grown. Total lignin content decreased, and holocellulose content exponentially increased as soil clay content increased (until about 35 to 40% clay). The extractives content was not affected by soil attributes. The compensation between the increase in holocellulose content and the decrease in total lignin content was attributed to the lack of basic wood density variation in different soils. Screened cellulose yield exponentially increased with soil clay content. In the very clayey-textured soil (LVd2), yield was 6% higher than in the sandy-textured soil (RQ).

Orientadores: Zigomar Menezes de Souza, Reginaldo Barboza da Silva / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T15:41:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VischiFilho_OswaldoJulio_D.pdf: 4103778 bytes, checksum: 244a2d329c481275d9b332f84992e061 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: O Brasil é o maior produtor mundial de açúcar e o segundo de álcool e para tanto possui mais de 10 milhões de hectares explorados com cana-de-açúcar. Houve a necessidade de modernizar o setor preparando as áreas de produção para a colheita mecanizada de cana crua. Este sistema visando a maior mecanização das etapas de produção, com ênfase para a colheita, promove o tráfego intenso das máquinas sobre o solo, resultando na sua compactação. Indicadores do processo de compactação derivados da curva de compressão e do intervalo hídrico ótimo do solo podem ser influenciados diferenciadamente pelo sistema de manejo. O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar os ciclos de uso do solo cultivado com cana-de-açúcar utilizando indicadores de qualidade estrutural do solo em função da pressão de pré-consolidação e do intervalo hídrico ótimo do solo que possibilitem diagnosticar o comportamento estrutural dos mesmos com diferentes épocas de implantação e classes texturais. O experimento foi desenvolvido na usina São Martinho, município de Pradópolis, SP, em lavoura comercial de cana-de-açúcar, em quatro áreas distintas sobre Latossolo Vermelho, com duas classes texturais (argilosa e média), em sistemas com seis e dezoito anos de colheita mecanizada. O delineamento experimental foi o inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial, com os fatores: dois ciclos de colheita mecanizada (um e três ciclos), duas classes texturais (argilosa e média), dois locais de coleta (canteiro e linha de plantio) e quatro camadas amostradas. Os tratamentos foram: área com um ciclo de colheita mecanizada (seis anos de cultivo) em Latossolo Vermelho eutrófico, textura argilosa (T1); área com três ciclos de colheita mecanizada (dezoito anos de cultivo) em Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico, textura argilosa (T2); área com um ciclo de colheita mecanizada em Latossolo Vermelho distrófico, textura média (T3) e área com três ciclos de colheita mecanizada em Latossolo Vermelho distrófico, textura média (T4). O solo foi amostrado nas linhas de plantio e no canteiro, nas camadas de 0,00-0,10, 0,10-0,20,0,20-0,30 e 0,30-0,40 m. Os atributos do solo avaliados foram: densidade, porosidade, resistência à penetração, conteúdo de água, estabilidade de agregados, teor de carbono e curva de retenção de água. A qualidade física do solo foi avaliada por meio do intervalo hídrico ótimo e pela modelagem da capacidade de suporte de carga, relacionando a pressão de pré-consolidação em função do teor de água. O maquinário de plantio e colheita da usina (trator, transbordo e colhedora de cana) foi avaliado quanto à área de contato, real e da elipse e pressão de contato dos rodados sobre o solo. Os resultados evidenciam a diminuição da porosidade total e a macroporosidade. A microporosidade e a produtividade da cultura não foram afetadas. Maior macroporosidade, Intervalo Hídrico Ótimo, diâmetro médio ponderado e diâmetro médio geométrico e menor densidade e resistência do solo à penetração ocorreram na linha de plantio. Os maiores teores de água no solo ocorreram no solo argiloso no sistema com três ciclos de colheita mecanizada (T2). O Intervalo Hídrico Ótimo no solo argiloso foi maior para o sistema de colheita mecanizada com um ciclo (T1) e no solo de textura média no sistema com três ciclos (T4). A colhedora de cana com massa de 18,3 Mg foi a máquina que apresentou a maior área de contato e a menor pressão de contato. O transbordo com massa de 28,74 Mg - foi o equipamento que apresenta a menor área de contato e a maior pressão de contato. As maiores capacidades de suporte de carga ocorreram no sistema de colheita mecanizada com dezoito anos, tanto no Latossolo Vermelho argiloso (T2) quanto no Latossolo Vermelho de textura média (T4), em relação ao sistema com seis anos (T1 e T3) / Abstract: Brazil is the world's largest sugar producer and the second for alcohol, for that it has over 10 million hectares exploited with sugarcane. There was a need to modernize the sector preparing the production areas to receive the mechanized harvesting of sugarcane. This system aiming at the highest possible mechanization of production stages, with emphasis on harvest, promotes intense machine traffic on the ground, resulting in its compaction. Indicators of compaction process derived from compression curve; in addition from the soil Least Limiting Water Range can be influenced differently by the handling system applied to sugarcane. The study aimed to evaluate the use of soil cycles cultivated with sugar cane using sustainability structural models of soil in terms of pre-consolidation pressure, as well as soil Least Limiting Water Range that allow diagnosing the soil structural behavior under cultivation of sugar cane at different times of deployment and textural classes. The experiment was conducted at Usina São Martinho, in Pradópolis, SP, sugarcane commercial farming, in four distinct areas on Oxisol, with two textural classes (clayey and medium), at systems with six and eighteen years of mechanized harvesting. The experimental design was entirely randomized in mechanized harvest, along with factors: two cycles of mechanized harvest (one and three cycles), two texture classes (clayey and medium), two harvest location (bed and rows), as well as four sampled layers. The treatments were: one cycle (six years of cultivation) area with mechanized harvesting in Oxisol, clayey (T1); area with three cycles of mechanical harvesting (eighteen years of cultivation) in Oxisol Typic Acrudox, clayey (T2); area with one mechanized harvest cycle in Oxisol Typic Acrudox, medium texture (T3) and areas with three cycles of mechanized harvesting in Oxisol Typic Acrudox, medium texture (T4). Soil was sampled on rows and bed, at layers of 0.00-0.10, 0.10-0.20, 0.20-0.30 and 0.30-0.40 m. Soil attributes evaluated were: bulk density, soil porosity, soil penetration resistance, water content, aggregate stability, carbon content and soil water retention curve. Soil physical quality was assessed by Least Limiting Water Range, as well by support modeling capacity of soil load, relating pre-consolidation pressure to water content function. The farm machinery for planting and harvesting (tractor, transshipment t and sugarcane harvester) was evaluated for contact area, real and eclipse, also wheel contact pressure on soil. The results show the decrease in total porosity and macroporosity. The microporosity and the crop yield were not affected. Greater macroporosity, Limiting Water Range, medium weight diameter and medium geometric diameter, as well as lower density and penetration soil resistance occurred in the rows. The higher water content on the soil occurred in clayey soil at three cycle system of mechanical harvesting (T2). The Limiting Water Range in clayey soil was higher for mechanical harvesting system with one cycle (T1) and on the medium textured soil in the system with three cycles (T4). The sugarcane harvester with mass 18.3 Mg was the machine with the highest contact area, as well as the lowest contact pressure. Transshipment with mass 28.74 Mg. was the equipment that showed the smallest contact area and the greatest contact pressure. The highest load bearing capacity occurred in mechanized harvesting system with eighteen years, both for an Oxisol (T2) as for Oxisol of medium texture (T4), compared to six years old system (T1 and T3) / Doutorado / Agua e Solo / Doutor em Engenharia Agrícola

Although, the potential of management induced changes of soil organic matter, soil hydraulic properties (SHPs) and soil physical quality has been studied particularly in relation to tillage, few studies have evaluated combined effect of tillage, crop residue retention and cropping sequence, which are essential components of conservation agriculture (CA), on stratification and storage of soil organic matter, its effect on near-saturated soil hydraulic properties and soil physical quality in intensive cereal based irrigated cropping systems. Hence, the present study critically analyses the effects of CA on organic matter and hydro-physical properties of soil in a long-term CA field trial in NWIGP, India, which is one of the most fragile agro-ecosystems in the world. The objectives were (I) to investigate the stratification of soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), C/N ratio and evaluate SR as an indicator of storage of SOC and TN and soil quality for different CA practices, (II) to assess the long-term effect of CA practices and short-term effect of crops on near-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity and water transmission properties, and (III) to assess the effect of CA practices on soil physical quality using capacitive and dynamic indicators. There were four treatments: (1) conventionally tilled rice-wheat cropping system (CT-RW), (2) reduced till CA-based rice-wheat-mungbean system (RT-RWMB), (3) no-till CA-based rice-wheat-mungbean system (NT-RWMB), and (4) no-till CA-based maize-wheat-mungbean system (NT-MWMB). To achieve these objectives, soil bulk density, SOC and TN were measured in an increment of 5 cm up to 30 cm soil depth. Furthermore, the effects of CA were also evaluated in terms of soil hydro-physical properties. Soil physical properties such as bulk density and soil aggregate distribution were evaluated in two cropping seasons along with near saturated hydraulic properties. Steady state infiltration rates were obtained at four pressure heads by hood infiltrometer consecutively over two cropping seasons, i.e. during harvest season of rice/maize (October 2017) and maximum crop growth stage of wheat (February 2018). Data were analysed in terms of soil hydraulic conductivity, k(h), flow weighted mean pore radius (r0), hydraulically active porosity (ε) and threshold pore radius (rbp), a new pore measure indicative of macropore stability derived by substituting soil’s bubble pressure in the capillary equation. Finally, the effects of CA on soil physical quality in terms of both capacitive and dynamic indicators, derived from soil moisture retention curve and field measured hydraulic conductivity, respectively, were assessed and related with crop yield to infer which indicator better represented the soil physical quality and its effect on crop yield under irrigated intensive cereal based cropping systems. Results showed that CA had profound impacts on distribution of SOC and TN in the soil profile. Significantly higher proportion of both SOC and TN were observed in the top soil in the CA-based treatments as compared with conventional intensive tillage-based treatment. The mean stratification ratio of both SOC and TN were found > 2 in CA-based treatments whereas the same was < 2 in intensive tillage-based treatment. Storage of SOC and TN in the 0-30 cm were found higher in CA-based treatments as compared with the intensive tillage-based treatment. These results on vertical distribution and storage of SOC and TN indicated a relatively better soil carbon sequestration and soil quality in CA-based treatment. The higher concentrations and storage of soil organic matter in CA-based treatments were, however, not translated into significantly (p < 0.05) lower bulk density due to probable compaction effect of no-tillage and harvest machinery and hydraulic pressure exerted by the flooded irrigation water. However, the increased soil organic matter in the top soil in CA-based treatments improved the soil aggregation significantly which helped in enhancing soil structural quality. Improvement in soil structure was reflected in relatively higher near saturated hydraulic conductivity in CA-based treatments. Irrespective of crop seasons, higher k(h) was observed under CA due to formation of macropores with better continuity, greater size and numbers as compared with conventional intensive tillage treatment. Moreover, higher r0 values were observed for a given k(h) for CA treatments suggesting that interaggregate pores are the dominant pathways of infiltration in CA. A relatively smaller temporal variation of rbp was indicative of a more stable macropore system established by rice-based CA as compared with maize-based CA. CA also enhanced hydraulically active macropores as compared with intensive tillage based conventional agriculture. Results also indicated that crops play an important role in relative distribution of the hydraulically active macropores in the root zone. The impact of CA on soil organic matter stratification and soil hydraulic properties were found to be expressed in terms of changes in soil physical quality. Soil moisture retention curves and pore size distributions under different treatments suggested higher soil water storage in structural pores in CA as compared with intensive tillage-based conventional agriculture. The impact of CA on soil physical quality and consequent effect on crop yield was found to be more expressed through dynamic indicators such as hydraulically active porosity rather than capacitive indicators derived from soil moisture retention curve. Overall, this study reveals that conservation agriculture has great potentials to reverse the intensive tillage induced degradation of soil resources in Indo-Gangetic Plains of India by improving the soil hydro-physical properties and soil physical quality.:Table of Contents Declaration i Declaration of Conformity ii Acknowledgements iii Table of Contents v List of Figures vii List of Tables xi List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Acronyms xiv Abstract xvii 1 Introduction and Background 1 1.1 General Overview 1 1.2 Statement of the Research Problem 5 1.3 Objectives 6 1.4 Research Flow and Chapter Description 7 2 Materials and Methods 9 2.1 Study Area Description 9 2.1.1 Study site 9 2.1.2 Climate 9 2.1.3 Soil 10 2.1.4 Treatments 10 2.1.5 Field Campaigns and Measurement/Analysis 14 2.2 Methods and Theoretical Considerations 14 2.2.1 Soil Sampling and Analysis 14 2.2.1.1 Calculation of Stratification Ratio 15 2.2.1.2 Calculation of SOC and TN Storage 15 2.2.1.3 Aggregate Size Distribution 16 2.2.2 Infiltration Measurements 16 2.2.3 Soil Moisture Retention Experiments 17 2.2.4 Derivation of Hydraulic Properties from Steady State Infiltration Rates 18 2.2.4.1 Near-Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity 18 2.2.4.2 Flow Weighted Mean Pore Radius 20 2.2.4.3 Equivalent Threshold pore Radius 21 2.2.4.4 Hydraulically Active Porosity 21 2.2.5 Determiation of Soil Moisture Charachtristics and Pore Size Distribution 22 2.2.6 Derivation of Soil Physical Quality Indicators 23 2.3 Statistics 25 3 Results and Discussion 26 3.1 Stratification and Storage of Soil Organic Matter 26 3.1.1 Bulk Density 26 3.1.2 Concenrations of SOC 27 3.1.3 Concentrations of TN 28 3.1.4 C/N Ratio 29 3.1.5 Stratification Ratio of SOC, TN and C/N Ratio 30 3.1.6 Storage of SOC and TN 33 3.1.7 Discussion 34 3.1.8 Summary of Results 39 3.2 Soil Hydro-Physical Properties 40 3.2.1 Soil Physical Properties 40 3.2.2 Near-Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity 43 3.2.3 Soil Pore Characteristics-Conductivity Relationship 47 3.2.4 Hydrailically active Porosity 51 3.2.5 Summary of Results 54 3.3 Soil Physical Quality (SPQ) 56 3.3.1 Soil Moisture Retention Curve (SMRC) 56 3.3.2 Soil Pore Size Distribution (SPSD) 58 3.3.3 Capacitive Indicators 59 3.3.4 Dynamic Indicators 60 3.3.5 Relationship between capacitive indicators of SPQ with dynamic indicators of SPQ and long-term crop yield 60 3.3.6 Relationship between dynamic indicator of SPQ (hydraulically active porosity) and Long-term Crop Yield 62 3.3.7 Summary of Results 64 4 Synthesis and Conclusions 65 5 Implications and Outlook 69 References 71

Environmental concerns are becoming increasingly relevant during a period of hemorrhaging ecosystem goods and services. Restoring these would result in positive outcomes for public health and economic benefit. This thesis seeks to address two environmental concerns: (1) accurate soil mapping and (2) treatment of nitrogen to affect water quality change.The current method of soil mapping, SSURGO (USDA‐NRCS Soil survey), is often erroneous and misleading. Two studies in this dissertation are conducted to evaluate the potential that different resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) have to distribute soil characteristics successfully. These studies are conducted in southwest Virginia and western Vermont. The aforementioned studies evaluated 36 and 59 soil samples, respectively. Spatial characteristics, including slope, catchment area, and topographic wetness, are derived from several DEMs. In chapter 2, these characteristics are spatially compared, and we found that small resolution rasters result in narrow flow paths relative to coarser rasters. In chapter 3, we isolate the analysis to focus on resolution size, instead of a mix of both resolution size and generation method. This is done by recursively coarsening small rasters, deriving spatial attributes from said rasters and evaluating their potential to fit the soil characteristics of interest. Here we found that slopes generated from resolutions smaller than 11m were poor predictors of soil characteristics. Both chapters are finished by proposing and evaluating a soil map. Proposed regressions beat SSURGO in all investigated properties. Furthermore, proposed maps consistently beat out uninformed smallest resolution derived maps.Chesapeake bay water quality managers are struggling to achieve targets for nitrogen loading. This is in part due to the widespread presence of legacy nitrogen. Legacy nitrogen is an emerging issue, and springs exporting high levels of nitrogen are not uncommon in northern Virginia. This thesis explores, in part, a novel concept of treating large loads of nitrogen exported from a spring with a bioreactor. Bioreactors are a young science that most typically pair carbon heavy subterranean receptacles to agricultural drainage. This provides a location for nitrogen fixing bacteria to consume nitrate/nitrite, turning these into inert nitrogen gas. A spring fed bioreactor is studied for 10 months, and bioreactor conditions including influent and effluent nitrogen concentrations, bioreactor flow, and temperature are collected. A model driven by first order reaction equations is found to be most accurate with inputs of temperature and bioreactor age. The resulting marginal effects of these inputs were consistent with previously reported studies. / Doctor of Philosophy / Centuries of industrialization have resulted in widespread human progress but have, at times, adversely impacted the environment. Constituents rely heavily on environmental services, such as clean air and water, to subsist. Environmental degradation has resulted in detrimental effects to public health, and remediation is currently economically viable. As such, there are strong incentives for researchers to understand environmental processes at a fundamental level. One such process is soil characteristic distribution. The distribution of soil characteristics, such as soil texture or organic matter, is especially important for agriculturalists, hydrologists and geotechnicians. Soil texture and organic matter distribution can affect crop yield, nitrogen export to surface waters, and structural stability of soils. Thus, accurate characterization of measured soil properties is paramount to multiple fields. The most typically used soil map is USDA‐NRCS Soil survey (commonly referred to as SSURGO). Currently, the SSURGO database is a poor predictor of soil characteristics. There is an opportunity to improve soil characteristic distribution using digital elevation models (DEMs). As DEMs become cheaper to develop, they are typically available in multiple resolutions and generation methods. In this research, several DEMs are used to better soil maps for watersheds in Southwest Virginia and Western Vermont. Both studies showed that DEMs can better distribute soils when compared to the current SSURGO maps. Additionally, we showed that the finest resolution dataset was not always best, and mixed resolution topographic wetness indices to be most advantageous for distributing soils.Another such process is remediation of surface waters from high loads of nitrogen and phosphorus. The Haber-Bosch method of producing nitrogen fertilizer is one of the most important human innovations in recent history. This method is likely responsible for the aversion of widespread famine in the early 1900s. However, residents of multiple river systems, including the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River, are suffering from the adverse effects of widespread hypoxic/anoxic (with little/no oxygen, respectively) zones within water. These have partially been responsible for the decline of commercial ventures such as fisheries and tourism. These zones are caused by eutrophication, a process of unsustainable plant growth in the presence of nitrogen and phosphorus. Water quality managers typically target agricultural runoff and point source polluters when trying to eliminate anthropogenic nitrogen. However, legacy nitrogen (nitrogen stored in groundwater in excess of a year) has become an emerging concern for water quality. It is not uncommon for springs in karst areas to be contaminated with high concentrations of nitrogen. These springs present a point source that can be treated by an emerging technology: bioreactors. Bioreactors are subterranean, woodchip filled basins that provide a location for microbes to exchange water soluble nitrogen for inert nitrogen gas. The consistency in nitrogen loading and constant flow provide stability relative to more traditional bioreactor installations. Most typically, bioreactors are installed downstream of agricultural drainage systems, and influent flow and nitrogen load depend wholly on precipitation/irrigation and nitrogen application. In this thesis, a novel spring fed bioreactor is studied. Removal rates of nitrogen are quantified using a regression driven by reaction kinetics. The analysis showed bioreactor efficiency was intimately related to hydraulic residence time, nitrogen loading, bioreactor bed temperature, and bioreactor age. The spring fed bioreactor is found to be advantageous because of its consistency, and disadvantages because springs are colder and thus less efficient than typical irrigated runoff.